Supplemental leaf attaching means for books



J. W. BERG Nov. 11, 1941.,

SUPPLEMENTAL LEAF ATTACHING MEANS FOR BOOKS Filed July '7, 1941 Jo/m W, Berg,

INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 11, 1941 SUPPLEMENTAL LEAF ATTACHIN G MEANS FOR BOOKS John W. Berg, Denver, 0010. Application July 7, 1941,'Serial No. 401,302

5 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in supplemental leaf attaching devices for books.

Public speakers, teachers, lecturers and more particularly ministers, frequently find it necessary to employ notes relating to the text of some bound book to which they refer, either as criticism or comment, or in a revisory manner.

This invention will be explained with particular reference to its use by ministers and speakers employing the Bible as a text but, as above intimated, it is not limited to this use as will be apparent from the description that follows.

In preparing a sermon a minister usually selects a particular text on which the discourse is based and he comments thereon and expounds the same. It is frequently desirable to embody his study of the text in written notes and to refer to other portions of the Bible for matters explana. tory of the text.

It is the object of this invention to provide a.

Bible or book of such construction that supplemental pages can readily be inserted in any part of the book and temporarily attached thereto. This makes it possible to position the notes in close relation to the text to which they refer and these supplemental pages also serve as means for marking the position of the text so that the Bible or book can be readily opened to the desired place. Where several difierent parts of the book are to be referred to during a discourse, loose leaves indicating such parts, together with the appropriate comments thereon, may be inserted at all such places.

I am aware that Bibles, as well as other books have been bound in loose leaf form so that additional pages may be inserted from time to time, but such loose leaf Bibles are highly objectionable for the reason that they do not lay out flat, but have a great tendency to close and must be forcefully held open, due to the rigid back of such binding. If additional pages are to be inserted in a loose leaf Bible, the fastening means must first be removed after which the pages are inserted and the fasteners again positioned. This requires a lot of time and effort and after the notes have been used, their removal requires almost as much time as their insertion into the book.

It is the object of my invention to provide means for securing such loose leaf or supplemental leaves to Bibles bound in the ordinary manner and which allows them to open flat on the pulpit or desk.

Another object is to provide an attaching means that will fit any Bible (large or small) and which cated by reference numeral I.

permits supplemental leaves to be quickly in serted and readily removed when their usefulness has passed.

A further object is to provide means for attaching such supplemental leaves without disturbing the binding of the Bible and in such a way that they will be firmly held in place.

A further object is to provide an attaching means that can readily be adjusted and fitted to any size Bible.

The above and other objects that may become apparent as this description proceeds are at tained by means of a construction andan arrangement of parts that will now be described in detail, and for this purpose reference will be had to the accompanying drawing in which the invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment, and in which:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a bookin open position and shows two supplemental pages attached thereto by means of my invention;

Figure 2 is a broken perspective view to a some- .What larger scale than that shown in Figure 1,

and shows more clearly the manner in which the supplemental leaves are attached to the book;

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 33, Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of an attaching means forming part of my invention;

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment thereof;

Figure 6 is a top plan view ofone of the parts shown in Figure 5;

Figure '7 is a section taken on line 5-7, Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a perspective View showing a part of a book from which a portion of the back has been removed and shows another embodiment of the invention; and

Figure 9 is a view showing an anchoring device of the type employed in Figure 8.

In the drawing reference numeral I0 designates the cover of the book whose back has been indi- The bound pages have been designated by reference numeral l3 and these are connected along the back by stitching M in the usual manner.

Figures 1 and 2 show how such books will lay flat on a desk or pulpit. In the drawing, reference numeral l5 designates the supplemental pages that are temporarily attached to the book by means of a flexible attaching member I6,

which is preferably an elastic band, but which may be a cord or even a fine wire.

It is evident that in order to hold the supplemental pages in place by means of the attaching member, the latter must be secured at its ends to some anchoring means. In the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, the anchoring means comprises an elongated sheet I], which is preferably made of metal, such as brass or aluminum, but it may be made of any other metal or from plastic material such as Celluloid. The anchoring member I! is cut slightly longer than the pages and is provided at its ends with teeth or tongues I8 in the manner of a comb. In the following parts of the specification, the toothed member will be referred to as a comb because of its resemblance to an ordinary article of this kind. At one end member 11 is provided with a tongue l8 that is cut from the material of the member and bent upwardly as shown in Figure 4. This tongue serves as a stop to position the member longitudinally in the opening between the bound pages and the flexible back H of the cover.

In Figure 2 the parts have been shown to a somewhat enlarged scale and from this it will be noted that the attaching member I6 is inserted between two adjacent teeth of the comb and the end maybe provided with a knot or an enlargement 2!] which prevents the attaching member from slipping between the teeth. When an ordinary cord is used, the knots serve to hold the cord in position. Where an elastic band is employed, and where the teeth are very close together, the band is compressed and when not under too great a tension, will retain its position between the teeth.

In Figure 3 a longitudinal section has been shown from which the positionthat the attaching member l6 and the anchoring member I! assume with relation to the book is clearly indicated.

If the books were all of one size, the anchoring member shown in Figure 4 Would be admirably suited for the purpose, as it can be easily manufactured and readily inserted into the opening between the bound pages and the back ofthe cover. Bibles and other books are printed in different sizes and have difierent thicknesses and also different lengths, and this makes it necessary to either provide a large number of anchoring devices, or else to so construct them that may be readily adjusted to the size of the book. It is also evident that the construction of the anchoring means must be simple and practical so as to reduce the cost of manufacture.

In Figure 5 a slightly modified form of construction has been shown in which the anchoring device is made from two parts which are identical in size and in appearance. These parts have been designated by reference numerals Ila. The parts I'la are somewhat T-shaped and the ends that carry the teeth 18 are somewhat wider than the center .portion. The width of the comb is made so that it will fit the largest size of book ordinarily employed. Since the anchoring memher is made of two parts, each of which is less than one-half the length of the book, they may be connected by some means and in the embodiment illustrated, this means comprises a strip of metal or other material which has been indicated by reference numeral 2|. The narrow portions of the anchoring members are provided with one or more parts or tongues 22 that are cut'from the metal and offset upwardly in the manner shown in Figures 6 and 7. The tongues 22 are so spaced that they will receive the connector 2| with a friction fit.

Each anchoring member is provided with a stop 23 that is also formed from an integral part bent at right angles. These stops engage the ends of the pages and are so positioned that they hold the anchors in proper relation to the book with the teeth 18 projecting beyond the ends of the pages. When a book is to be fitted with the anchor shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7, the width of the combs is first reduced by means of a pair of shears so as to fit the opening in the back of the book. The connector 2| is then cut to a length that is substantially equal to the length of the pages. The connector is now inserted in the space between the tongues 22 and the remaining part of one anchor and the latter inserted into the space at the back of the book. The other anchoring device is now put into position on the connector and the parts moved inwardly until the stops engage the ends of the book. By the simple expedient of making the anchors with a reduced portion extending inwardly from the comb, the latter can readily be reduced in size by means of an ordinary pair of shears as the metal or other material employed in the manufacture is of such nature that it can be readily cut.

The anchoring device illustrated in Figures 1 to' '7, inclusive, are intended for use with books already bound and the device has therefore been made adjustable as shown in Figures 5, 6 and '7.

Where a book publisher desires to provide the book or bible with anchoring means so as to have the latter form a part of the book itself, this may be accomplished in one way as follows: A tape 24 is woven with wires 25 forming the warp thereof. A short section of this tape can be cut from a long length and secured to the back of the book as shown in Figure 8, the teeth .25 projecting a short distance beyond the top and the bottom of the pages. When supplemental pages are to be inserted in such a book, a rubber band may be hooked over a tooth at one end and placed between the leaves of the book and between the two leaves forming the supplemental pages. The free end of the band is then hooked over one of the wires or teeth at the other end of the book.

When a construction like that shown in Figures 8 and 9 is employed, the Bibles or other books can be prepared with anchoring means for flexible attaching members It. Where books already bound are to be provided with such anchoring means an anchor like that shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7 can be applied to the book with very little effort and will operate in the same way as the integral anchor I'I shown in Figure 4.

From the above description it will be seen that the means for attaching supplemental pages to a book already bound is very simple, comprising, as it does, a single member I! provided at its ends with teeth I8. Where the device is to be sold for use in connection with books already printed, it .is necessary to so construct the device that it can be fitted to the book and for this purpose the embodiment illustrated in Figures 5, 6 and 7 is believed to illustrate a suitable means.

Where books are to be manufactured with anchoring teeth secured thereto, the construction shown in Figures 8 and 9 can be resorted to and when books are so constructed the attachments described in Figures 1 to 7, inclusive, will not be needed.

It has already been pointed out that the anchoring device can be made of any suitable material and would ordinarily be made from metal such as aluminum or copper, but if these are not readily available, some plastic or even vulcanized rubber, can be employed.

In the above description, the projections 18 have been referred to as teeth as this term is believed to be quite broad; it is to be understood that any projections that will serve to anchor one end of a rubber band, for example, will serve the purpose and the teeth may be so shaped and spaced as to obtain the best results. The connector 2| shown in Figure 5 serves to align the anchoring devices, but it may be dispensed with where stops such as 23 are employed in which case the tongues 22 are unnecessary.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. An article of manufacture comprising a sheet of material having a socket for the reception of a bar, a stop comprising a tongue out from the material and bent at substantially right angles, the end opposite the socket having a plurality of teeth.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a sheet of material of T-shape, the top portion terminating in a row of teeth, the stem portion having at least one pair of tongues cut from the material and offset to receive the end of a connector bar, and a stop adjacent the teeth.

3. An article of manufacture comprising, a sheet of material having a widened end portion provided with a row of teeth, and stop means extending upwardly from the sheet near the bottom of the slots between the teeth.

4. An article of manufacture comprising, a sheet of material having an end portion provided with a row of spaced teeth, and stop means on one side of the sheet adjacent the bottoms of the slots that separate the teeth.

5. In a book having a cover and a plurality of leaves positioned therein, the leaves being bound along one edge and secured to the cover, means for temporarily attaching loose leaves between the bound leaves, comprising a flexible attaching member, and a comb-like anchoring member positioned at each end of the bound leaves, in the space between the bound edges of the leaves and the back of the cover, the teeth projecting beyond the ends of the bound leaves, the teeth serving as means for anchoring the ends of the attaching member, and means on the anchoring members for engaging the bound leaves, for resisting forces tending to move the anchoring members inwardly into the space between the bound leaves and the cover.

JOHN W. BERG. 

